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Reliving past football glory
Sports, page 28
Rtapti.......
Partly Cloudy..........73/58
What the future has in store
Feature, page 9
trojan
Volume CX, Number 12
University of Southern California
Wednesday, September 20, 1989
Holy Acting
Actor Robert Macklin performing “The Life of Saint Paul,” a one-man drama, Tueaday near Tommy Trojan. The performance was sponsored by Maranatha Campua Ministries.
Most recruits are fresh ‘men’
Gender-biased SAT scores cited as possible reason
By Andrew Vrees
Staff Writer
Women comprise just 38.1 percent of this year's freshman class, a statistic that seems to have struck a nerve with some female administrators on campus.
In the last five years, there has been a downward trend in the number of women admitted to the university as well as the number who have enrolled, according to statistics from the Office of Budget and Planning.
The number of women admitted to the university dropped four percent from that of last year, and the number of women who actually enrolled dropped six percent.
"The reduction of the females enrolling is a concern, and people all over campus are speculating why that is," said Ann Rike, senior associate director of admissions and school relations. "I don't know why (women) aren't coming. We're conducting a survey on that now."
The proportion of males to females at the university is greater than that in other schools, Rike said.
"We do have an imbalance here that is not typical of what is happening nationally," she said.
The number of freshmen women enrolling at the university has traditionally been lower than the number of men, but administrators noticed recently that the number had dropped considerably, Rike said.
Kathleen Bartle-Schulweis, the university women's issues advocate, attributed the decline to an extreme emphasis on the Scholastic Aptitide Test for admissions decisions.
"We may have come into some trouble when we use
(See, Decline page 18)
Late fees decrease by 35 percent this fall
In Brief_____________________________
Party congress scheduled to help reforms in Russia
MOSCOW — President Mikhail S. Gorbachev on Tuesday won an opportunity to revamp the Communist Party by scheduling a party congress next year that could hasten the pace of economic reforms and change the Kremlin leadership.
“Currently, the work of party bodies and organizations is in many ways fettered by old structures and outdated rules and instructions,” Gorbachev told the party’s 251-member Central Committee, in obtaining its approval for moving up the date of the party meeting to October 1990.
The congress, with 5,000 delegates, theoretically is the party’s most powerful body.
State: Pro-life protest ends with many arrests
SAN FRANCISCO — About 35 anti-abortion protesters were arrested at the Buena Vista Women’s Center here Tuesday morning, police said.
About 60 members of the group Operation Rescue arrived at the center at 8:30 a.m., carrying pro-life banners and singing religious songs, said Anne Pugh, a counselor at the clinic.
Police began making arrests at 9 a.m. Those arrested for investigation of trespassing and resisting arrest were later cited and released, said a group spokeswoman.
Local: Gang members face long prison terms
Gang members charged with crimes no longer will be allowed to plea-bargain and prosecutors will seek long prison terms on even minor infractions, Los Angeles District Attorney Ira Reiner said Tuesday.
Announcing a tough new anti-gang policy, Reiner said overcrowded jails , and insufficient prosecutors to handle cases would not deter him.
“We want to put every gang member in jail for as long as possible,” Reiner said, “not because It’s good for the gang member but because it’s good for the
public___There is no pretense here
about rehabilitation.”
From the Associated Press
Index_______________________________
Viewpoint....................... 4
Komlx........................... 6
Security Roundup................ 6
Feature..........................9
Sports......................... 28
I Change attributed to touchtone registration, ! knowledge of penalty
By Romi Rudolph
| Staff Writer
Since classes began, many students have unhappily paid late registration and settlement fees, but the number of late fees assessed this fall was 35 percent less than that of last year, university officials said Tuesday.
As of Sept. 2, $419,000 in late fees were collected — $223,000 less than last fall, said Ted Andrews, director of student financial services.
Students who failed to register and settle their accounts by the Sept. 1 deadline are being charged $100 for each week they are delinquent until Sept. 22, when another $25 is tacked on to the weekly penalty.
The decrease in the number of late fees assessed is a result of the newly installed touchtone registration service, which handles billing more efficiently, and of students' increasing knowledge of the deadline and its consequences, said Howard Saperston, executive registrar.
Out of about 30,000 students enrolled in the university, only 4,100 students paid late fees this fall.
The registrar's office investigates all as-
sessments the students bring to its attention, Saperston said, and added that students are encouraged to do so.
Francine Martin, a sophomore majoring in public administration, said she agrees that late settlement fees should be assessed when a student has simply failed to send or bring their payment to the Cashier's Office.
"But for students who don't have the money to pay the tuition," Martin said, "the extra hundred (dollars) doesn't help."
Andrews acknowledged that many students struggle to pay their tuition, with about half of the student body receiving
(See Late Fees, page 6)
Melting
Stiff competition for top students takes toll on enrollment
By Jordana Bieze
City Editor
Even before Orientation Week had begun, university officials had noticed something odd about the freshmen who showed up for summer orientation programs.
There just weren't enough of them.
"There were approximately 100 fewer freshmen at orientation than last year. I was aware of that sometime in July/' said Peggy Kravitz, the university's director of orientation programs.
So when registration totals two
This is the first of a two-part series on enrollment. Thursday: New recruiting efforts.
weeks into the semester revealed that this year's freshmen numbered 2,866, almost 200 shy of last fall's class, Kravitz could say she had foreseen it.
"It's difficult to use (orientation numbers) as an exact predictor, but the trend was down a little bit," she said.
Robert Biller, who was the acting
dean of admissions and financial aid until Cliff Sjogren took over the position this summer, admitted that he didn't see the trend until late August.
"About three weeks ago," Biller said, "I was still betting the freshman class would come in not lower than 3,000 — and I blew it."
In the past, there has been about a 12-percent "melt" from the number of students who pay their deposits to the number who actually register. This year's melt was about 14 percent.
(See Enrollment page 7)

Reliving past football glory
Sports, page 28
Rtapti.......
Partly Cloudy..........73/58
What the future has in store
Feature, page 9
trojan
Volume CX, Number 12
University of Southern California
Wednesday, September 20, 1989
Holy Acting
Actor Robert Macklin performing “The Life of Saint Paul,” a one-man drama, Tueaday near Tommy Trojan. The performance was sponsored by Maranatha Campua Ministries.
Most recruits are fresh ‘men’
Gender-biased SAT scores cited as possible reason
By Andrew Vrees
Staff Writer
Women comprise just 38.1 percent of this year's freshman class, a statistic that seems to have struck a nerve with some female administrators on campus.
In the last five years, there has been a downward trend in the number of women admitted to the university as well as the number who have enrolled, according to statistics from the Office of Budget and Planning.
The number of women admitted to the university dropped four percent from that of last year, and the number of women who actually enrolled dropped six percent.
"The reduction of the females enrolling is a concern, and people all over campus are speculating why that is," said Ann Rike, senior associate director of admissions and school relations. "I don't know why (women) aren't coming. We're conducting a survey on that now."
The proportion of males to females at the university is greater than that in other schools, Rike said.
"We do have an imbalance here that is not typical of what is happening nationally," she said.
The number of freshmen women enrolling at the university has traditionally been lower than the number of men, but administrators noticed recently that the number had dropped considerably, Rike said.
Kathleen Bartle-Schulweis, the university women's issues advocate, attributed the decline to an extreme emphasis on the Scholastic Aptitide Test for admissions decisions.
"We may have come into some trouble when we use
(See, Decline page 18)
Late fees decrease by 35 percent this fall
In Brief_____________________________
Party congress scheduled to help reforms in Russia
MOSCOW — President Mikhail S. Gorbachev on Tuesday won an opportunity to revamp the Communist Party by scheduling a party congress next year that could hasten the pace of economic reforms and change the Kremlin leadership.
“Currently, the work of party bodies and organizations is in many ways fettered by old structures and outdated rules and instructions,” Gorbachev told the party’s 251-member Central Committee, in obtaining its approval for moving up the date of the party meeting to October 1990.
The congress, with 5,000 delegates, theoretically is the party’s most powerful body.
State: Pro-life protest ends with many arrests
SAN FRANCISCO — About 35 anti-abortion protesters were arrested at the Buena Vista Women’s Center here Tuesday morning, police said.
About 60 members of the group Operation Rescue arrived at the center at 8:30 a.m., carrying pro-life banners and singing religious songs, said Anne Pugh, a counselor at the clinic.
Police began making arrests at 9 a.m. Those arrested for investigation of trespassing and resisting arrest were later cited and released, said a group spokeswoman.
Local: Gang members face long prison terms
Gang members charged with crimes no longer will be allowed to plea-bargain and prosecutors will seek long prison terms on even minor infractions, Los Angeles District Attorney Ira Reiner said Tuesday.
Announcing a tough new anti-gang policy, Reiner said overcrowded jails , and insufficient prosecutors to handle cases would not deter him.
“We want to put every gang member in jail for as long as possible,” Reiner said, “not because It’s good for the gang member but because it’s good for the
public___There is no pretense here
about rehabilitation.”
From the Associated Press
Index_______________________________
Viewpoint....................... 4
Komlx........................... 6
Security Roundup................ 6
Feature..........................9
Sports......................... 28
I Change attributed to touchtone registration, ! knowledge of penalty
By Romi Rudolph
| Staff Writer
Since classes began, many students have unhappily paid late registration and settlement fees, but the number of late fees assessed this fall was 35 percent less than that of last year, university officials said Tuesday.
As of Sept. 2, $419,000 in late fees were collected — $223,000 less than last fall, said Ted Andrews, director of student financial services.
Students who failed to register and settle their accounts by the Sept. 1 deadline are being charged $100 for each week they are delinquent until Sept. 22, when another $25 is tacked on to the weekly penalty.
The decrease in the number of late fees assessed is a result of the newly installed touchtone registration service, which handles billing more efficiently, and of students' increasing knowledge of the deadline and its consequences, said Howard Saperston, executive registrar.
Out of about 30,000 students enrolled in the university, only 4,100 students paid late fees this fall.
The registrar's office investigates all as-
sessments the students bring to its attention, Saperston said, and added that students are encouraged to do so.
Francine Martin, a sophomore majoring in public administration, said she agrees that late settlement fees should be assessed when a student has simply failed to send or bring their payment to the Cashier's Office.
"But for students who don't have the money to pay the tuition," Martin said, "the extra hundred (dollars) doesn't help."
Andrews acknowledged that many students struggle to pay their tuition, with about half of the student body receiving
(See Late Fees, page 6)
Melting
Stiff competition for top students takes toll on enrollment
By Jordana Bieze
City Editor
Even before Orientation Week had begun, university officials had noticed something odd about the freshmen who showed up for summer orientation programs.
There just weren't enough of them.
"There were approximately 100 fewer freshmen at orientation than last year. I was aware of that sometime in July/' said Peggy Kravitz, the university's director of orientation programs.
So when registration totals two
This is the first of a two-part series on enrollment. Thursday: New recruiting efforts.
weeks into the semester revealed that this year's freshmen numbered 2,866, almost 200 shy of last fall's class, Kravitz could say she had foreseen it.
"It's difficult to use (orientation numbers) as an exact predictor, but the trend was down a little bit," she said.
Robert Biller, who was the acting
dean of admissions and financial aid until Cliff Sjogren took over the position this summer, admitted that he didn't see the trend until late August.
"About three weeks ago," Biller said, "I was still betting the freshman class would come in not lower than 3,000 — and I blew it."
In the past, there has been about a 12-percent "melt" from the number of students who pay their deposits to the number who actually register. This year's melt was about 14 percent.
(See Enrollment page 7)